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Dhamma talk given by Ayya Karunika Theri on the 8th March 2024, at Santi Forest (NSW). Ayya talks about practical and skilful ways to develop contentment in daily life as a way of dealing with difficult people and difficult situations. Describes how contentment has a cooling effect on you mind and leads you all the way to enlightenment.
Bhikkhuni Ayya Kārunikā is currently the senior resident monastic at Santi Forest Monastery, NSW, Australia and the spiritual director for New Zealand Bhikkhuni Sangha Trust, Hamilton. She has been in monastic life for over 14 years and she received her full ordination as a bhikkhunī in 2014 at Dhammasara Nuns monastery in Western Australia where she lived and trained for over a decade with Ajahn Hāsapaññā. She has been a student of Ajahn Brahm and Ajahn Brahmali for over 2 decades.
Ayya Kārunikā is able to articulate the Buddhist teachings in a way that is practical and comprehensible to people of all ages and has experience in conducting retreats for both adults and youth. While she has a PhD in Microbiology and worked as a scientist, she has also been the building project manager for the construction of the Dhammasara Nuns Monastery main building complex and has worked with many volunteers over the years. Ayya Kārunikā was born in Sri Lanka but has been living and working in Australia for over 2 decades.
She has a passion to share her experience and knowledge and loves working with people and also doing creative projects. She is dedicated to supporting the growth of Bhikkhunis around the world and is currently involved in projects to support the establishment of places for Bhikkhunis in Theravada forest tradition in Australia, New Zealand, Poland and Sri Lanka. 
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Monday Night Meditation at the Cambodian Society of WA (CBSWA) with Venerable Nivato on 6th May 2024. These weekly teachings give an introduction into meditation and some guidance and basics into the practice of the Buddhist Path. They usually consist of a short talk, thirty minute meditation and then questions & answers.
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Teaching retrieved from CBSWA please visit https://thecbswa.org to find out how to attend the monastery in person.

Ajahn Brahmali teaches us how to overcome the first 2 of the Five Hindrances: 1. Desire for sensing 2. Aversion and ill-will We can overcome sensory desires by focusing on the unsatisfactory nature of the world and we can overcome ill-will by practicing compassion and metta.
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Ajahn Brahmali explains how Buddhism thinks and deals with war, how our karma puts us in difficult situations and how to handle this in a Buddhist way.
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Ajahn Brahmali guides a meditation session for about 30 minutes.
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Thursday 09th May 2024
Ajahn Santutthi hosts this week's session at the Roleystone Family Centre.  These weekly sessions are free and led by one of the Buddhist monks living in Roleystone at Kusala Hermitage.  These sessions are usually one hour in length and held at the Roleystone Family Centre.
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To find and download more precious Dhamma teachings, visit the BSWA teachings page choose the teaching you want and click on the audio to open it up on Podbean.
Teachings are available for downloading from the BSWA website the BSWA Youtube Channel, the BSWA Podcast, and Deeper Dhamma Podcast.